A brawl broke out as hundreds of white nationalists carrying torches marched on UVA's campus

White
nationalists carry torches on the grounds of the University of
Virginia, on the eve of a planned Unite The Right rally in
Charlottesville.Thomson
Reuters

Hundreds of white nationalists clashed with counter-protesters on
the University of Virginia's Charlottesville campus Friday,
according to Reuters.

The scene was a prelude to a much larger demonstration for a
"Unite the right" rally, called in response to a plan to
remove a statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee from a park
in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Thousands of white nationalist protesters, as well as groups
that oppose them, are expected to descend upon
Charlottesville on Saturday.